Paper feeding means for toy typewriters



Oct. 19, 1937. E. o. BOISSELIER PAPER FEEDING MEANS FOR TOY TYPEWRITERS Filed June 29, 19.36

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Patented Oct. 19, 1937 i I 2,096,085.

UNlTEDi STATES ear PAPER FEEDING MEANS FOR TOY TYPE- WRITERS Earl n; Boisselier, GlenEllyn, 111'.

Application June 29, 1936, Serial No. 87,990

' 4 Claims. (01. 197 127) This invention relates to toy typewriters of the end, the type wheel unit B is controlled by two type used both for educational purposes and separate keys E and F respectively for actuating amusement of juveniles. the type wheel unit and effecting the printing of A primary object of the invention is to provide small letters and capital letters, as desired, by the 5 a novel platen and platen carriage structure mere act of depressing the'selected key. which greatly facilitates the manipulation of the The platen carriage C is advanced longitudipaper, while at the same time materially reducing nally step by step by'the toothed feeding means the cost of manufacture of this portion of the toy DI and the holding means D2 both of which are without sacrificing any of the necessary advancontrolled by the lever D. When the lever D is tages incident to providing a positive and reliable moved toward the right (Fig. 1) the platen car 10 paper feeding means which also affords an aderiag-e is advanced the space of one letter. When quate base to back up the paper for absorbing it is desired to return the carriage to starting type impact. position the lever D is moved to the left thereby A further object of the invention is to provide to release DI and D2. a novel platen and platen carriage structure of Referring now to the platen carriage C, it may 15 the type referred to in my co-pending application, be pointed out that the same preferably com- Serial No. 57,985, filed January '7, 1936, of which prises the front and rear walls 25 and 26 respecthe present case is a division. tively whose lower ends are flanged outwardly to With the foregoing and other objects in view be frictionally guided in the inturned channel which will become more fully apparent as the portions 27 of a guide member 28 carried by the 20 nature of the invention is better understood, the rear of the casing A. The rear wall 26 may be same consists in the novel features of construccontinued upwardly and bent into substantially tion, combination, and arrangement of parts arch-shaped formation as indicated at 26a, and is hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in preferably provided at its rear side with a paper the accompanying drawing and defined in the receiving slot 26b. The front edge is also bent to 25 appended claims. provide a reinforced channel-like longitudinal A preferred and practical embodiment of the platen member receiving seat 230. A strip or invention is shown in the accompanying drawe band of hard rubber or its equivalent 29 is ar-. lng in which: ranged at the front edge of the reinforced seat 30 Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the improved typeportion 26a of the carriage element, thereby to 30 writer construction illustrating the application provide a platen surface for receiving type irnof the present invention. pact imposed on the paper overlying the platen. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail vertical sectional The ends of the front and rear carriage walls View taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. 25 and 26 and the arched top wall 26a are closed Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the ratchet by the cap members 30 and 3| respectively (Fig- 35 means for feeding the writing paper step by step ure 1). Within the housing provided by the conbefore the impression means. struction just described, there is provided a paper Similar reference characters designate correfeeding and guid member Which has a portion sponding parts throughout the several figures of 32 pr j o twa dly through the slot 261) tothe drawing. receive and guide the paper into the slot and 40 In the embodiment shown in the drawing, the also has an interior guiding surface 33 for directpresent device includes a casing designated gening e p p upwardly between the p edge f erally as A, having a central raised wall porti n the front wall 25 and the reinforced seat portion A for supporting the ribbon rollers R in such 260 which carries the platen strip 29. The end position that the ribbon B may be pressed rearwalls 30 and 3! of the carriage have journalled 45 wardly by the type wheel unit B toward the platen therein a shaft 34 which is located within the device designated generally as C. For the purhousing afforded by the rear and top walls of pose of effecting the feeding and release of the the carriage. This ha is p v ed w th where platen device C, suitable manually controlled '35 wh c a e P e y de of rubber and are lever means D is provided. The latter means is intended to frictiOnally p a paper sheet (shown 50 located at one side of the type 'wheel unit B, in dotted lines) pa g over the gu e portions as will be apparent from Figure 1, so that it may 32 and through the p ng 2%. The portions be manipulated by the left hand of the typist of the shaft 34 which project beyond the end caps while the type wheel unit B may be operated by 30 and 3| are respectiVely provided With p the fingers of the typists right hand. To that me knob 36 a Any Suitable means ybe 55 V in the 'form, proportion and minor details of construction' may be resorted to,'without depart.- 1 g zing fro'm the spirit of'the-invention and scope through-the carriage to and through the bottom L '7 portionof the slot in the carriage, rear wall and 7 provided to facilitate step-byV-steprotation of the, feed rollers 35 to obtain proper line spacing of a sheet of paper advanced bysaid feed rollers. For example, theknob 3'lmay be provided with a serbe readily apparent to those skilled Tim the art, and itwill of course be understood that changes fiofthe appended claims. Q 7' r I 1. In a toyrtypew'riter, a casing, typing means a ';carried by said casing a hollow sheet metaIL ar- V ri age slidable on the;casing, said carriage being of substantially inverted Ushape in cross section V and having paper inlet and outlet'slots in the rear .andrtherfront walls thereof, respectively; a platen strip carried, by-the front :wallfof said rcarriage' adjacent to the slot in saidwall, "a paper guid ing wall separate from said carriageengaged with thefront wall of" said carriage walls andextendingfrom said front wall: through the slot in the carriage rear wall and upwardly-and rearwardly 7 from the carriage rear wallyanda roller 'within' 7 the carriage cooperating withrsaid paper guid ingwall to advance a sheeteof paper 'throug'h said slots and over said platen strip; 7

2. In a ,toy' typewriter, a casing having guide channels, a hollow sheet-'metal carriage of .sub-

r -r 3. A toy typewriteras set forthflin'claim'2 :cluding an' arched top walland front and rear walls, the latterwalls having bottom: flanges en'- gaged in the chann'elsoi the 'casingto slidably' mount said carriage on said casing, the rear and f front walls'of said carriage having paper inletn and outlet slots,-respectively, a platen strip car fied by the front wall above the'slot in said front wall, a paper guiding wall rseparate 'from'the car riage walls engaged'with the carriage front wall adjacent to the "botton i of the slot-Vin said front wall and extending from said carriage front wall thence upwardly and rearwardly with-respect to 'said carriage rear wall, a rolle'r'within said caririagecooperating with said paper guiding wall to 7 advance a sheetof paper through the slots in the front and rear carriage walls and over said platen' "strip, and typing nieanscarried by the casing for cooperation with said platen strip.

and 're'arrwalls' to form in effect a bottom continuation'of the arched top portion of the carriage.

in which the rear wall of thecarriage is bent upon 5 itself-at the top of the-slot in said reartwallto" reinforcerandustiffen said wall at, the top of the fslot therein. 7 r V 7 4. A toy typewriter-Yas'set forth in claim in which the paper guiding wall is downwardly curved in cross section between the carriage 'front 

